Pride 33 Pay Scale

Main Event Fighters-Wanderlei Silva: $150,000
Dan Henderson: $50,000
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua: $50,000
Takanori Gomi: $20,000
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: $20,000
Nick Diaz: $15,000
Joachim Hansen: $15,000
Hayato Sakurai: $10,000
Frank Trigg: $10,000
Kazuo Misaki: $10,000
Sergei Kharitonov: $10,000
Alistair Overeem: $10,000
Travis Wiuff: $10,000
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou: $10,000
Mac Danzig: $10,000
Jason Ireland: $10,000
Mike Russow: $10,000
James Lee: $10,000
Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $430,000

Looks like Pride pays their people better than the UFC. The UFC is still paying off debit, but they need to get on the ball and put on a show like Pride does. Take for instance James Lee. This was his first fight in Pride and he took home $10,000. Should have been more since he won, but still not bad for a first timer.

One thing that suprises me is Dan Henderson's salary for the fight. He should have gotten a bonus. What I see is that if you REALLY good, go to the UFC. Because the champs make more fighting for the UFC than Pride. But if you an up-n-comer you might want to look up Pride. No one on their card made less than ten grand.